Abyss Sequence-Chapter 499 - 74: Distress Signal

Through experiments, Yan Luo and his team confirmed that at least two Evil God's Marks are currently active on Blue Star. However, they still don't know how the ancient Blue Star Civilization managed to transfer the Evil God's Marks onto Blue Star.

"None of them are destructive Evil God's Marks."

After the initial shock, Sasa said, "Even if Blue Star's evil gods were to be born, they wouldn't be able to use these Evil God's Marks to significantly affect us."

These two Evil God's Marks aid in the growth of Blue Star People, but are of no benefit to the evil gods.

It can be said that their ancestors went through great lengths for the sake of their descendants.

Yan Luo nodded, agreeing with Sasa's assessment.

Now they have uncovered the essence of the evil gods—

Evil gods are much like 'souls.' Just as the 'waves' generated by the activities of human body cells can coalesce into a soul, the ideological waves produced by a civilization's activities are analogous to a 'wave,' and it is through these that evil gods coalesce into existence.

The soul is the absolute sovereign of the body, from which their consciousness and memories derive.

If they knew that every cell in their body had self-awareness, they would instinctively feel disgust and try to destroy that awareness.

The same goes for evil gods, so after their birth, they destroy the civilization that nurtured them.

The major difference between them and life forms is that a life form's soul perishes with the body, but evil gods can continue to exist without a physical form.

The conflict between civilizations and evil gods is irreconcilable, with both sides seeking to destroy each other.

The two Evil God's Marks discovered provide no immediate benefit to newly born evil gods and require time to yield rewards, undoubtedly a legacy left by their ancestors.

The ancient Blue Star Civilization foresaw that the Abyss would return to Blue Star and that their descendants would inevitably birth evil gods. Therefore, they devised ways to embed beneficial Evil God's Marks into Blue Star, which activate as long as the magic power environment meets the requirements.

Now that they understood there are at least two Evil God's Marks on Blue Star, Yan Luo and his team naturally had to assign codenames to them.

This task wasn't difficult for them; in fact, Sasa had already formed ideas about them upon realizing the possibility of Evil God's Marks on Blue Star.

——[Evil God's Mark·Harvest]!

——[Evil God's Mark·Plunder]!

[Harvest] is the Evil God's Mark that makes materials drop upon slaying demons, whereas [Plunder] allows the absorption of the magic power emitted by demons upon their death.

The nature of [Plunder] is similar to [Frenzy], except the mechanism of action is different.

[Plunder] directly seizes the magic power dissipating after a demon's death, while [Frenzy] guides self-improvement.

Whether more Evil God's Marks exist on Blue Star still requires rigorous research, and Sasa's research institute plans to initiate a new project for this purpose.

Having confirmed at least two Evil God's Marks on Blue Star, it was time for them to publish their paper and make their findings public.

...

The first to learn about 'Blue Star itself possessing Evil God's Marks' was the United Government.

The members of the United Government were left dumbfounded and greatly shocked when they learned about this.

They never expected their ancestors to be so formidable, capable of setting a magic seal encompassing the Earth-Moon system that could operate for thousands of years, and transferring Evil God's Marks to Blue Star for everyone to benefit from.

Upon discovering this, the United Government promptly organized personnel to research and verify the experimental results.

To their surprise, the verification results matched Sasa's report.

After confirming the findings, the United Government couldn't sit still.

They gathered numerous experts and scholars to research whether more Evil God's Marks existed on Blue Star.

However, [Harvest] and [Plunder] are the most prominent two Evil God's Marks already discovered, making the search for others exceedingly difficult.

While the United Government deliberated on how to proceed, a new discovery was made by an expert at Sasa's research institute analyzing the demon corpse from the experiment.

The expert found that although the demon brought out by Yan Luo from the Abyss left behind a corpse upon death without materializing any components, the corpse was indeed affected by [Harvest].

Because Sasa's research institute had the first access due to favorable conditions, they acquired numerous demon corpses during prior trade between the two realms.

Research found that demon corpses from Alfheim and the Crimson Abyss showed no significant elemental differences, but those from the Crimson Abyss provided more nutrition when used in food, implying better absorption.

This indicates that [Harvest] and [Plunder] had been aiding Yan Luo's growth from the beginning.

When he killed a demon, even the demon flesh consumed by him became affected by [Harvest], allowing Yan Luo's body to absorb more magic power.

Realizing this, Yan Luo silently thanked the ancestors of the ancient Blue Star Civilization.

Without their help, his growth would have been much slower.

Sasa believed that the assistance from their ancestors might not have been limited to Evil God's Marks; they might have left behind other legacies to help combat evil gods, which they have yet to discover.

Unfortunately, ancestral relics cannot be forced.

As thousands of years have passed, those relics may be buried deep underground or tossed into the sea, so they still have to find their own way to combat the evil gods.

We just don't know when exactly the evil gods will be born…

...

Since it's uncertain when Blue Star's evil gods will be born, but likely not long,

the United Government promptly began constructing interstellar communication equipment upon obtaining the technology found by Yulia.

The engineers responsible for manufacturing the device were puzzled upon seeing the blueprint.

Because the blueprint clearly depicted a radar, albeit a large one, with no indication of interstellar communication capabilities.

No matter how much they argued, the United Government still forced them to build the device, leaving the engineers no choice but to proceed with construction.

The productivity of the current era is vastly different from that of the 2030s.

Blue Star couldn't break through the technological ceiling, so it kept competing within a limited range, resulting in a 'black tech' perception of modern technology that people ten years ago would likely exclaim as 'black tech.'

Technologies beyond basic science are flourishing, reaching levels comparable to magic.

In the 2030s, the United States needed five to six years across two presidential terms to build an interstellar communication device.

In contrast, in modern times, it took only twenty-one days from start to finish to manufacture the device.

Not only was the communication device itself completed, but the associated radar station was also built, with its interior fully furnished.

The radar station was constructed in the Western Domain, close to the abandoned city inhabited by Bota Star people.

As no shields could obstruct interstellar communication, the radar station wasn't built inside the city.

On the second day after the radar station's completion, Komore brought two scholars from the Bota Star survivors to the station to guide the staff in conducting interstellar communication.

The two scholars had previously reviewed the communication device's parameters, knowing that its signals could be received by the Galaxy Interstellar Alliance.

The focus of interstellar communication lies not in the transmitter but in the receiver. The communication device at the radar station is essentially a high-power radar, with its electromagnetic wave power large enough to be detected by the receiver.

Interstellar communication primarily uses quantum technology, allowing space-faring civilizations to impart a message to distant quantum states, effectively achieving 'instantaneous' communication.

It isn't difficult for Blue Star to communicate with the Galaxy Interstellar Alliance, especially as Bota Star people have the capability to decode messages sent by the alliance.

Therefore, with the United Government's consent, the radar station sent out a distress signal into space.

And then, silence.